This cable has insane amounts of cable noise. You move around at all, it amplifies that noise tenfold and sends it to your ears. I initially thought that this was a decent cable, but I found my original HD 380 cable a couple of months after owning this cable and found that the original one had significantly less cable noise than this version. Therefore, I am giving this cable 2 stars. If they had removed the unnecessary braid around the cable, it probably would have been much better, but until tSee full review